clark and what he said later shortly thereafter on abc news? >> i'm saying i'm comfortable with what i did and said at the time to make sure we were able to deal with the unfortunate leak of classified information. >> how frequently did you have to pull groups like this together in order to -- in a sense, put out authorized or at least what you think is appropriate news for purposes -- for the correct purposes? >> senator, frequently, if there is some kind of event like an underwear bomber or disrupted ied or whatever else, we will engage with the american public with the press, engage with individuals who are experienced professional counter terrorism experts who will go out and talk to the american public. we want to make sure there's not misrepresentation of the facts, but do it in a way that we're able to maintain control of classified material. >> it does occur or is possible i assume to put out an authorized leak, correct? >> no, those are oxymorons, authorized leak. it would have to be discussed by, disclosed, done in a proper manner --